Parallel 2CH 10:4

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OEB No OEB 2CH book available

WEBBE “Your father made our yoke grievous. Now therefore make the grievous service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “Your father made us work too hard! Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.”

LSV “Your father made our yoke sharp, and now, make light [some] of the sharp service of your father, and [some] of his heavy yoke that he put on us, and we serve you.”

FBV “Your father placed a heavy burden on us,” they told him. “But now if you lighten the load your father imposed and the heavy demands he laid on us, we will serve you.”

T4T “Your father Solomon forced us to work very hard for him. If you do not force us to work that hard, and if you charge us less taxes than we were paying to him, we will serve you faithfully.”

LEB “Your father made our yoke heavy. Now, therefore, lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve you.”

BBE Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.

Moff No Moff 2CH book available

JPS 'Thy father made our yoke grievous; now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.'

ASV Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

DRA Thy father oppressed us with a most grievous yoke, do thou govern us with a lighter hand than thy father, who laid upon us a heavy servitude, and ease some thing of the burden, that we may serve thee.

YLT 'Thy father made our yoke sharp, and now, make light [somewhat] of the sharp service of thy father, and of his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.'

Drby Thy father made our yoke grievous; and now lighten the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

RV Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

Wbstr Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

KJB-1769 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
   (Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou/you somewhat the grievous servitude of thy/your father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee/you. )

KJB-1611 Thy father made our yoke grieuous, nowe therefore ease thou somewhat the grieuous seruitude of thy father, and his heauy yoke that he put vpon vs, and we will serue thee.
   (Thy father made our yoke grievous, now therefore ease thou/you somewhat the grievous seruitude of thy/your father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee/you.)

Bshps Thy father layde a greeuous yoke vpon vs: nowe therefore remit thou somewhat of the greeuous seruice of thy fafather, & of his heauy yoke that he put vpon vs, and we wyll serue thee.
   (Thy father laid a grievous yoke upon us: now therefore remit thou/you somewhat of the grievous service of thy/your fafather, and of his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee/you.)

Gnva Thy father made our yoke grieuous: nowe therefore make thou the grieuous seruitude of thy father, and his sore yoke, that he put vpon vs, lighter, and we will serue thee.
   (Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou/you the grievous seruitude of thy/your father, and his sore yoke, that he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee/you. )

Cvdl Thy father made or yocke greuous: make thou lighter now ye harde bondage of thy father, and ye heuy yocke that he layed vpon vs, and we wyll submytte oure selues vnto the.
   (Thy father made or yocke greuous: make thou/you lighter now ye/you_all hard bondage of thy/your father, and ye/you_all heuy yocke that he laid upon us, and we will submytte our selves unto them.)

Wycl Thi fadir oppresside vs with ful hard yok; comaunde thou liytere thingis than thi fader, that settide on vs a greuouse seruage; and releese thou a litil of `the birthun, that we serue thee. And he seide,
   (Thi father oppressed us with full hard yok; command thou/you lightere things than thy/your fader, that set on us a greuouse seruage; and releese thou/you a little of `the birthun, that we serve thee/you. And he said,)

Luth Dein Vater hat unser Joch zu hart gemacht. So leichtere nun du den harten Dienst deines Vaters und das schwere Joch, das er auf uns gelegt hat, so wollen wir dir untertänig sein.
   (Dein father has unser Yoch to hart made. So leichtere now you the harten service yours father and the schwere Yoch, the he on us/to_us/ourselves gelegt has, so wollen we/us you/to_you submissive/subservient sein.)

ClVg Pater tuus durissimo jugo nos pressit: tu leviora impera patre tuo, qui nobis imposuit gravem servitutem, et paululum de onere subleva, ut serviamus tibi.
   (Pater tuus durissimo yugo we pressit: you leviora impera patre tuo, who us imposuit gravem servitutem, and a_little about onere subleva, as serviamus tibi. )